Founded May 14, 1998
Company buys, sells, cleans and processes forage seeds
Markets 12 million to 14 million pounds of seed annually
Annual sales in excess of $10 million
Major markets include the U. S., Europe, Eastern Canada and Asia
Importing success
For more than a decade, China has been the single-largest source of Canadian immigrants, and this influx is beginning to make itself known in our economy, according to one analyst.
Ken Zhang, a senior researcher with the Asia Pacific foundation, in Vancouver, says Chinese-Canadian entrepreneurs are going to increasingly become a fixture in the Canadian business community. That’s because of both the large numbers of arrivals and the fast growth of the Chinese economy.
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“Size matters. Speed matters,” Zhang says.
Zhang also says this is nothing but good news for Canada, especially as Asian economies seem poised to lead the world out of recession and promise to continue to be the fast-growth destinations of the future.
“It improves Canada’s productivity and international competitiveness,” Zhang says. “China is one of the growth engines of the world.”
That’s hardly surprising since the Chinese government essentially unleashed the economic prowess of the Chinese people in the spring of 1982 when then-leader Deng Xiaoping made a simple statement: “To be rich is glorious.” Since then this new business ethic has essentially remade China, says Zhang.
“Everyone in China wants to be the boss — an entrepreneur,” says Zhang. “With the development of a market economy, making money becomes a higher priority and becoming an entrepreneur is an efficient way to achieve this goal faster.”
